[Avodah] Brit Mila Statute of Limitations

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 08:17:09PM +0300, Liron Kopinsky wrote:
: What is the halacha if someone doesn't circumcise their son and only
: does teshuva at a later date? Is there an age (bar mitzvah?) where
: the father's obligation to do the brit is fully removed and the only
: remaining obligation is on the son?

The father can't eat from a qorban pesach while the son is a qatan,
but may afterward. Assuming he was not an oneis -- Rava discusses the
case where the parents were incarcerated and freed such that the
father was allowed to shecht the qorban pesach (while in jail), but
not to eat it (once freed)! See Yevamos 71b.

I think that means the father's chiyuv ends with the son's 2 sa'aros.
(Gadol de'oraisa, not 13 years.)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

-- 
Micha Berger             Today is the 31st day, which is
micha at aishdas.org        4 weeks and 3 days in/toward the omer.
http://www.aishdas.org   Tifferes sheb'Hod: What level of submission
Fax: (270) 514-1507                      results in harmony and balance?